Like the rest of you, I spend much of my time and energy trying to get somewhere. Get to more clients. Get to Austin, San Antonio, Houston and McAllen (wherever that is) and get back home. Get to the weekend. Get the to-do list done. Get the laundry done. Get the taxes done. Get the bills paid. Get some sleep. Get to retirement. All in hopes that once I “get” there, I can relax and be happy.
So while sitting on the patio this afternoon, enjoying Spring (and a chilled mojito) in between getting somewhere’s, I realized I was relaxed and happy. Right now, right in this moment. All those get-er-done’s could wait their turn while happy took center stage. A sweet breeze, setting sunshine, blooming flowers and playing ball with and 8-year-old pup who sets the model for relaxed and happy. Happy doesn’t even take that long. Why do we put it off?
Too often we wait for the impossibly empty in-box to signal time for happy. “I can relax when…” is just a myth. So take time for happy now. Take time to stop and smell the BBQ. The chilled mojito doesn’t hurt either.
